Human dimensions of angler nonresponse in California’s recreational steelhead fishing report card program
Angler demographics and behaviors have a significant impact on recreational fishery-dependent data, and recently, human dimensions have become more widely recognized as an important part of fisheries management. California’s steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) report card program has served to track rec...
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife
2023-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://journal.wildlife.ca.gov/2023/11/21/human-dimensions-of-angler-nonresponse-in-californias-recreational-steelhead-fishing-report-card-program/ |
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| author | Vanessa M. Gusman Costa Colby L. Hause |
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| description | Angler demographics and behaviors have a significant impact on recreational fishery-dependent data, and recently, human dimensions have become more widely recognized as an important part of fisheries management. California’s steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) report card program has served to track recreational fishing effort and catch each calendar year for management purposes through angler self-reporting. However, angler report card return rates are consistently low, and there has been no recent effort to investigate angler attributes that may be contributing to nonresponse. This study evaluated trends in angler demographics as they relate to annual steelhead report card return rates as well as online reporting rates across the 2012–2019 study period. The study also assessed whether specific demographic or behavioral characteristics may affect the likelihood of anglers returning their report cards. Older, more avid anglers were found to have a greater likelihood of reporting in general. Motivations or deterrents for response vs. nonresponse could not be identified due to data limitations and should be the subject of future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74d35817535d40bfaa44c605133633742023-11-29T14:58:19ZengCalifornia Department of Fish and WildlifeCalifornia Fish and Wildlife Journal2689-419X2689-42032023-11-01109310.51492/cfwj.109.11Human dimensions of angler nonresponse in California’s recreational steelhead fishing report card programVanessa M. Gusman Costa0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7355-028XColby L. Hause1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7355-028XCalifornia Department of Fish and WildlifeCalifornia Department of Fish and WildlifeAngler demographics and behaviors have a significant impact on recreational fishery-dependent data, and recently, human dimensions have become more widely recognized as an important part of fisheries management. California’s steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) report card program has served to track recreational fishing effort and catch each calendar year for management purposes through angler self-reporting. However, angler report card return rates are consistently low, and there has been no recent effort to investigate angler attributes that may be contributing to nonresponse. This study evaluated trends in angler demographics as they relate to annual steelhead report card return rates as well as online reporting rates across the 2012–2019 study period. The study also assessed whether specific demographic or behavioral characteristics may affect the likelihood of anglers returning their report cards. Older, more avid anglers were found to have a greater likelihood of reporting in general. Motivations or deterrents for response vs. nonresponse could not be identified due to data limitations and should be the subject of future research.https://journal.wildlife.ca.gov/2023/11/21/human-dimensions-of-angler-nonresponse-in-californias-recreational-steelhead-fishing-report-card-program/angling avidityangler reportingangler surveycatch cardhuman dimensionsnonresponse biasnonresponse error |
| spellingShingle | Vanessa M. Gusman Costa Colby L. Hause Human dimensions of angler nonresponse in California’s recreational steelhead fishing report card program California Fish and Wildlife Journal angling avidity angler reporting angler survey catch card human dimensions nonresponse bias nonresponse error |
| title | Human dimensions of angler nonresponse in California’s recreational steelhead fishing report card program |
| title_full | Human dimensions of angler nonresponse in California’s recreational steelhead fishing report card program |
| title_fullStr | Human dimensions of angler nonresponse in California’s recreational steelhead fishing report card program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human dimensions of angler nonresponse in California’s recreational steelhead fishing report card program |
| title_short | Human dimensions of angler nonresponse in California’s recreational steelhead fishing report card program |
| title_sort | human dimensions of angler nonresponse in california s recreational steelhead fishing report card program |
| topic | angling avidity angler reporting angler survey catch card human dimensions nonresponse bias nonresponse error |
| url | https://journal.wildlife.ca.gov/2023/11/21/human-dimensions-of-angler-nonresponse-in-californias-recreational-steelhead-fishing-report-card-program/ |
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